How do you get a blood smell out of a deep freeze?

Question

My husband killed a deer last winter, and we had the head in the deep freeze until he could get it mounted. Sometime the outlet we had it plugged into went out. The head had already thawed out by the time we found it, and boy is it funky. Does anyone have any idea how to get that awful smell out. I have tried bleach, baking soda, letting it air out for about a month. Nothing I have tried has worked. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

This may sound a little morbid, but it works. Call your friendly neighborhood funeral director, explain the story about the deer head, and ask him or her, if they could give you a little of the industrial odor neutralizer/cleaner that they use in the embalming process.

I had a neighbor that had a squirrel get into his attic, and die. He did not discover it until a good while after the decomposition stage started. He called the funeral director, and they gave him some powdered stuff to sprinkle in the area where he found the dead critter. It took the foul smell out of that area completely.

I wish you well in de-stinking your freezer. Good Luck!

Answer 2

Get a bag of charcoal like you would use for barbecuing. Open the bag and sit it inside the freezer. Close the lid/door. The charcoal will absorb all the odor. You will then need to eliminate any sources of the odor. Washing insides with baking soda solution will work. The Simple Green is good stuff too. Don't use it straight, it will eat the skin off your hands. (Just the top layer, not all of it)

Answer 3

If it is a chest freezer there is hope. It has a solid liner. If it is an upright, toss it. The smell is in the insulation and no secret formula will get the smell out of that. No it can't be replaced without leaving air gaps. The gaps will sweat and get the new insulation wet. Wet insulation is no insulation at all.

Answer 4

you will desire to disconnect the freezer, then heat the homestead adequate to soften the frozen blood in the freezer. on the backside of the freezer there would desire to be a drain plug that facilitates the defrosted liquid to empty away right into a tray which you will would desire to slip in place under the freezer. Use dilute bleach or ammonia to bathe down the interior the freezer (you may would desire to do this numerous instances by utilising the sound of it). be sure that each and all the corners and crevices are sparkling. Then bypass away the lid open for as lengthy as achievable until eventually all smells are lengthy gone.

Answer 5

I worked at Sears Parts & Service for 8 years. Our technicians had their secrets for this. This was generally whispered among them.......vinegar & water douche. Another idea that comes to mind is charcoal. And I've heard at Tupperware parties that newspaper left in their containers would pull odors out. Good Luck. Don't give up yet.

Answer 6

Simple Green. It works great. Also, make sure when you defrosted the freezer none of the water got trapped somewhere under it.

Answer 7

the blood has gotten behind the seams, you might have to toss it and hubby out.